Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10/U4

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07/31/2009. Produced at Augsburg, Germany in 1943 as a Bf 109 G-6, this aircraft was modified to a G-10/U4 at Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria in December 1944. Reportedly with the Hungarian 3rd Fighter Squadron, 101st Fighter Wing, the aircraft was surrendered to US forces at Neubiberg Airfield near Munich in early May 1945. Colonel Harold E. Watson and his team (known as Watson's Whizzers), trucked it to Cherbourg where it embarked the HMS Reaper on July 19.

Arriving at Newark, New Jersey, USA on August 1, the aircraft was assigned the foreign equipment code "FE-122", and stored at Ford Army Air Field. It was transferred to Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana, in May 1946, the following month to Wright Field. There the "FE-122" code changed to "T2-122" and the aircraft was repainted for display. It was donated to the University of the Kansas in Lawrence, in 1947. In 1948 it was sold to Eddie Fisher of Kansas City, Kansas.

Ed Maloney bought the aircraft in 1958 for display in his Air Museum, at Claremont, California. The museum moved to Chino California in 1970, and was renamed Planes of Fame Air Museum. Presently the aircraft is on display at the Valle, Arizona branch of the museum.

The aircraft is pictured in the 'black tulips' markings of Lieutenant Erich Hartmann's aircraft while he was Staffelkapitän (Squadron Leader) of 9./JG 52 on the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union in early 1944. A Major in May 1945, Hartmann survived the hostilities as a highly decorated ace with 345 kills.


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07/31/2009. Produced at Augsburg, Germany in 1943 as a Bf 109 G-6, this aircraft was modified to a G-10/U4 at Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria in December 1944. Reportedly with the Hungarian 3rd Fighter Squadron, 101st Fighter Wing, the aircraft was surrendered to US forces at Neubiberg Airfield near Munich in early May 1945. Colonel Harold E. Watson and his team (known as Watson's Whizzers), trucked it to Cherbourg where it embarked the HMS Reaper on July 19. Arriving at Newark, New Jersey, USA on August 1, the aircraft was assigned the foreign equipment code "FE-122", and stored at Ford Army Air Field. It was transferred to Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana, in May 1946, the following month to Wright Field. There the "FE-122" code changed to "T2-122" and the aircraft was repainted for display. It was donated to the University of the Kansas in Lawrence, in 1947. In 1948 it was sold to Eddie Fisher of Kansas City, Kansas. Ed Maloney bought the aircraft in 1958 for display in his Air Museum, at Claremont, California. The museum moved to Chino California in 1970, and was renamed Planes of Fame Air Museum. Presently the aircraft is on display at the Valle, Arizona branch of the museum. The aircraft is pictured in the 'black tulips' markings of Lieutenant Erich Hartmann's aircraft while he was Staffelkapitän (Squadron Leader) of 9./JG 52 on the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union in early 1944. A Major in May 1945, Hartmann survived the hostilities as a highly decorated ace with 345 kills.